Current events
Covenant United Methodist Church will hold a "Hearts for Haiti" concert at 6 p.m. Saturday at the church, 4536 Washington Road, in Evans. A local high school artist also will be selling original paintings. All proceeds will go to Haiti through the United Methodist Committee on Relief. For information, call (706) 496-3623.

Columbia County Day
About 45 members of the Columbia County business community visited the state Capitol on Wednesday to have lunch with legislators.

Blame me for those inserts
You know those newsletters that Columbia County government inserts in your water bills, the ones that Brett McGuire is complaining about in his letter to the editor today? Yep. Those are my fault.

Preparation is the key to family safety
There is no doubt that having a crystal ball to tell us what exactly what hazard is going to occur - and when it will occur - would come in handy. But lacking that, we have to stay prepared for emergencies around the clock. Our office has once again met and exceeded the criteria required by the National Weather Service to maintain our StormReady Community certification, which includes dozens of readiness criterion so that we can mitigate, prepare for, plan for, respond to, and recover from natural hazards.